New York City's 34th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Jennifer Gutiérrez since 2022.
Geography District 34 covers several majority-Hispanic neighborhoods straddling the border between Brooklyn and Queens, including parts of Bushwick, Williamsburg, and Ridgewood.
The district overlaps with Queens Community Board 5 and Brooklyn Community Boards 1 and 4, and with New York's 7th, 8th, and 12th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 12th, 15th, 18th, and 26th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 37th, 38th, 50th, 53rd, and 54th districts of the New York State Assembly.
The district is only one of two in the City Council to span two different boroughs, the other being the 8th district in Manhattan and the Bronx.
Members representing the district Members Party Years served Electoral historyDistrict established January 1, 1983Joseph F. LisaDemocraticJanuary 1, 1983 – December 31, 1991Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1985. Re-elected in 1989. Retired to run for Queens Civil Court.Victor L. RoblesDemocraticJanuary 1, 1992 – December 31, 2001Elected in 1991. Re-elected in 1993. Re-elected in 1997. Termed out.Diana ReynaDemocraticJanuary 1, 2002 – December 31, 2013Elected in 2001. Re-elected in 2003. Re-elected in 2005. Re-elected in 2009. Termed out.Antonio ReynosoDemocraticJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2021Elected in 2013. Re-elected in 2017. Termed out and ran for Brooklyn Borough President.Jennifer GutiérrezDemocraticJanuary 1, 2022 – Elected in 2021. Re-elected in 2023. Re-elected in 2025.
Recent election results 2025
2023 (redistricting) Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the New York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the 2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.
2021 In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office. Voters whose first-choice candidates fare poorly will have their votes redistributed to other candidates in their ranking until one candidate surpasses the 50 percent threshold. If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur.
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